US4470554A - Spinning reel with finger controlled drag - Google Patents

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US4470554A
US4470554A US06/403,395 US40339582A US4470554A US 4470554 A US4470554 A US 4470554A US 40339582 A US40339582 A US 40339582A US 4470554 A US4470554 A US 4470554A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K89/00—Reels
    • A01K89/02—Brake devices for reels
    • A01K89/027—Brake devices for reels with pick-up, i.e. for reels with the guiding member rotating and the spool not rotating during normal retrieval of the line

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  • This invention relates to a drag device for a spinning reel in which the drag force is adjusted by operating a finger lever.
  • a conventional drag device of this type the rotor is braked by pulling on a lever which is pivotally mounted on the reel support leg. Accordingly, in order to turn the handle in the forward direction to retrieve or rewind the fishing line, it is necessary to release the lever to thereby allow the rotor to turn. This requires that the handle and the brake lever be operated in association with each other by both of the user's hands, which is considerably troublesome and difficult to coordinate.
  • An object of this invention is thus to provide a drag device in which a drag force generating mechanism in a reel body is operated by a drag lever, wherein the drag force can be readily controlled independently of the rotation of the handle.
  • a spring biased lever controls the axial compression force exerted on a drag force generating mechanism via cooperating pairs of pivotally mounted operating and pressing levers.
  • the minimum drag may be set to a desired value by eccentric cams rotated by a control knob and which engage and act as limit stops for the pressing levers.
  • a single finger of the rod gripping hand operates the drag lever, which may continuously increase and decrease the drag force above the present level.
  • the line spool may be idled as there is no operative coupling between the rotor drive and the drag force generating or control mechanism.
  • FIG. 1 shows a side view of a spinning reel with the gear box cover removed, provided with a drag device according to this invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a plan view, with parts cut away, of the reel of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 shows a plan view of a drag lever and operating levers coupled thereto, in the drag device
  • FIG. 4A shows a side view of an operating lever and a pressing lever in the drag device
  • FIG. 4B shows a sectional view taken along line IVB--IVB in FIG. 4A.
  • a spinning reel includes a rotor 3 rotatably supported on a box-shaped reel body 1 by a hollow shaft 2, and a spool 5 fixedly mounted on a main shaft 4 which is inserted into and extends through the shaft 2.
  • a handle 6 is turned, the rotor 3 is rotated through a pinion 8 of the shaft 2 engaged by a main ring gear 7.
  • An oscillation means 9 reciprocates the spool 5 in a known manner so that a fishing line (not shown) laid over a bail arm 3b, which is pivotally mounted on the arms 3a of the rotor 3, is uniformly wound onto the spool.
  • a drag device is constructed such that a drag lever 11 and a pair of operating levers 12 are rotatably and cooperably supported by a shaft, such as a stepped screw 13, on the middle portion of a reel mounting leg 10 which protrudes from the reel body 1.
  • a spring 14 interposed between the drag lever 11 and the mounting leg 10 urges the drag lever away from a mounting shoe 15.
  • a pair of pressing levers 16 are rotatably mounted on a support shaft 17 in the reel body 1, with one end portion 16a of each pressing lever engaged with the movable end portion 12a of the associated operating lever 12 which extends into the reel body through appropriate slots.
  • each pressing lever 16 abuts against the moving boss 19 of a drag force generating mechanism 18 which is incorporated in the reel body 1.
  • the drag lever 11 is pulled towards the mounting shoe 15 in FIG. 1 the pressing levers 16 press against the moving boss 19 to increase the drag force, and vice versa.
  • the operating levers 12 are generally U-shaped, and in plan view they are shaped like a semi-crank.
  • Two operating levers which are symmetrically arranged as shown in FIG. 3, are fixedly secured to the drag lever 11 by a screw 20, and are engaged with the bent portions 16c at the ends of the pressing levers as shown in FIG. 4B.
  • the moving boss 19 is uniformly pushed by means of the two pressing levers 16.
  • the moving boss 19 is slidably mounted over the main shaft 4 as shown in FIG. 2, and is non-rotatably fitted with a washer 22.
  • the washer 22 is non-rotatable and axially slidable in a holder 21.
  • the moving boss 19 can compress or release the drag force mechanism 18 comprising a drag spring 18a and drag washers 18b.
  • the holder 21 is non-rotatably housed in the reel body 1.
  • the drag washers 18b are provided between the holder 21 and a bushing 23 which is non-rotatably mounted on the main shaft 4, and the drag spring 18a is interposed between the washers 18b and the boss washer 22.
  • the drag spring 18a When the moving boss 19 compresses the drag spring 18a, a drag force is generated which acts on the bushing 23, as a result of which braking force is applied to the spool 5 through the main shaft 4.
  • the compression of the drag spring 18a caused by the moving boss 19 is released, the drag force is decreased so that the spool can turn more freely.
  • the drag force can be set to a desired value.
  • Hollow cam shafts 24 are rotatably disposed on both sides of the reel body 1 facing each other.
  • the main ring gear 7 has a hollow shaft 25 and is rotatably mounted between the cam shafts 24.
  • a handle shaft 26 is inserted through the cam shafts 24 and is fixedly secured to the hollow shaft 25.
  • the end portions 16a of the pressing levers 16 abut against eccentric cams 24a of the cam shafts 24.
  • a collar 29 having a drag adjustment knob 28 on its outer end is rotatably coupled to one of the cam shafts 24 by a tightening nut 27, and fits over the handle shaft 26.
  • the knob 28 is turned the upper eccentric cam 24a is rotated in the arrangement shown in FIG. 2, and accordingly the maximum amount of drag reduced movement of the boss 19 is adjusted by the pressing levers 16 which are engaged with the eccentric cams as described above.
  • the drag force generated by the mechanism 18 can be adjusted to a desired value.
  • Handle 6, knob 28 and nut 27 can be released for reassembling these to the lower side of the reel body in FIG. 2. In this case, the lower cam 24a is operated.
  • the finger controlled drag lever 11 When an excessive tension is applied to the line by a fish, the finger controlled drag lever 11 is released from position C in FIG. 1 and is returned to position A by the spring 14. Accordingly, the operating levers 12 are rotated in the direction of arrow B to the position indicated by the solid lines in FIG. 4A, and the pressing levers 16 are correspondingly moved to the solid line position by the drag spring 18a and the boss 19, whereby the drag force is reduced.
  • the spool 5 can thus be idled, whereby even if the handle 6 is turned in the forward or retrieve direction, the fishing line is not rewound.
  • the operating levers 12 When the tension exerted on the line is decreased, the operating levers 12 may be rotated in a direction opposite to arrow B by fingering the drag lever 11 back towards position C. This turns the pressing levers 16 in a counterclockwise direction as shown in FIG. 4A such that their end portions 16b push the moving boss 19 against the elastic force of the drag spring 18a, whereby the drag force is increased to stop the idling of the spool 5 and the fishing line may be rewound.
  • the drag force can thus be set to a desired minimum value with the drag knob 28 as described above, and controllably increased above this value by the finger manipulation or positioning of the lever 11.
  • the drag force can be continuously adjusted by the operation of a lever
  • one finger of the hand that grips the fishing rod 30 can operate the drag lever 11 to adjust the drag force, and accordingly the other hand is free to operate the rewind handle 6.
  • the drag lever 11 operates the drag force generating mechanism 18 with the aid of the operating levers 12 and the pressing levers 16, and the instantaneous drag force can be adjusted as desired with the set minimum drag force maintained.
  • the operation of the drag lever 11 is completely independent of the rotation of the handle 6. Accordingly, unlike conventional reels, it is unnecessary to loosen or release the drag lever before the handle can be turned in the forward direction.
  • the drag operation can be performed quickly, readily following the motion of the fish, which contributes to the prevention of fishing line breakage and to an improvement in the fun of fishing.
  • the drag force generating mechanism 18 is controlled by an extended lever principle, the drag operation can be performed with only a small finger force.

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US5697566A (en) * 1996-03-13 1997-12-16 Charles C. Worth Corporation Closed faced spinning reel with multiple function trigger
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US4702430A (en) * 1984-07-20 1987-10-27 Daiwa Seiko Co, Ltd. Adjustable force drag brake device for a fishing reel
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